meanwhile last week

I'm gathering photos of the puppies in their new homes, but in the meantime, here are a few more photos that Jenny took when she & Rob were here last weekend.

3 cute pups - Eevi, Kaija & Niko

4 cute pups - Tux, Niko, Eevi & Kaija

CHOMP!

Niko

The girls

still here

We are still here and still playing with puppies.  In between the house training, cleaning up, feeding, walking and all the rest, that is.

On Friday the puppies had their eye test and were pronounced all to have healthy eyes.

As you can see in this video, they also have healthy, bouncy legs and nice strong jaws.  Oh, and lungs, let's not forget the lung-power.

And at some point I promised to share another cute shot from the Jenny Duckworth photoshoot and then I forgot.  So here it is now.  Can you see how much they have changed in 2 weeks between the still and the video?  Click on the image for a larger size.

L-R: Tux (Veli), Ensi (Malaki), Liila (Kaija), Tan (Niko), Kukka (Eevi)

mama & baby time

Tomorrow the puppies turn 4 weeks so it will be time for the weekly portraits, weighing, nail cutting and brushing.  In the meantime, here are the puppies enjoying their mum.

growing

It's been hectic as all get-out here, and I'm on my own (apart from the 8 dogs of various sizes, that is) so the blog has been suffering from a bit of neglect.  Apologies for that.

Here's what's been happening while we've been away.

Getting crowded at the milk bar

Standing room only

Getting cute

More getting cute

Starting to play with toys

Toys also make good pillows

Playtime with Mama

More play with Mama

As well as struggling to keep up with the blog, I have also been struggling to get the puppies to eat the porridge I usually start to wean them on.  They just haven't been that interested.  Particularly Liila, who turned her nose up at it every time.  Today I hit upon a winning formula - Burns puppy kibble soaked in warm goat's milk and mashed up.  Everyone approved of that.  Later today they will have their first taste of scrambled eggs and tomorrow they will have their first raw food, and I anticipate all of that going down well. 

I'll try to keep you up-to-date, but if you want at least one photo daily, you can follow me on Instagram (@infindigo_jennifer) where I try to post at least one photo or little video a day.  It's much quicker and easier than the blog, obviously.  If you're not on Instagram, then you can still see what's going on here:  http://instagram.com/infindigo_jennifer

3 weeks old

I have been told a few times in my time that the time at the waiting end of the deal drags on for a very long time.  I'm here to tell ya that the time at the puppy end zips by in no time at all.

Still with me?

Good.  Now, on to the 3-week portraits.  As always, the puppies at this age might be a little crusty around the edges thanks to their daily porridge experiences.

Tux

Serious puppy

Kukka

Ensi

Got any number of these - perfect poser

Liila

Hard work!

 Tan

And any number of these blurry ones of Tan...

Some more wiggling

1 week weights

And the winner of the weight poll is.....

ENSI

There was never any doubt, really, was there?  Although I admit that around about mid-week I thought Liila was going to catch him up.  Here are the stats.

And because I'm just nerdy like that, here is the average litter weight comparison chart.

And, finally, here are a few puppy photos.  The good news is that we have a brand new camera lens - big thanks to a generous friend for that!

Ensi snoozing

Tan snoozing

Liila snoozing

Puppy pile

puppy news

Tuuli and Kuura are delighted to announce the safe arrival of 5 healthy puppies on the last day of 2014!   It was a fairly uneventful birth, for which I am very grateful.  Two of them did come bum-first which gave Tuuli a bit of a hard time squeezing them out, but she soon settled down with them in perfect contentment.

We have 3 boys and 2 girls, just like Tuuli's last litter.  Four of them are black, tan & white with bright face markings.  One of the boys looks a lot like Tuuli with more tan than white.  I apologise for the use of the flash in these photos.  It's far from the ideal way to photograph puppies.  But it's so dull and overcast here today that there was no choice.  So you will have to see the colours better on another day.

The jury is still out on the colour of one of the girls.  She might be brown, although she doesn't look anything like the browns I have had before.  I have been told I am in denial and that she is just brown, but to me she looks the colour of a Weimaraner - that's right - blue. 

Now blue is a colour that the Finnish Lapphund does come in.  Occasionally.  Very, very occasionally.  So occasionally that it is highly unlikely that this little girl is actually blue rather than simply a rather cool-toned brown.  I'm scrambling around to try and find out if a blue puppy is even genetically possible with this match.  I'll have to get back to you on that.

But if I am not merely deluding myself and she is, in fact, blue then I do believe she will be the first one of that colour ever born in the UK. 

None of these puppies have nicknames yet, and I can't yet figure out how I'm going to tell the boys apart going forward - the first one and the last one are particularly similar, especially with their pink noses.  I'm hoping they will become a bit more distinguishable as the week goes on.  In the meantime, here are the 5 new year puppies. 

Happy new year one and all!

Puppy 1  -  Dog
Birth weight:  300g

Puppy 2  -  Bitch
Birth weight:  300g

Puppy 3  -  Dog
Birth weight:  365g

Puppy 4  -  Bitch
Birth weight:  350g

Puppy 5  -  Dog
Birth weight:  305g